#4997D9#4997D9

#4997D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4997D9
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 217)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -3.30, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 40.84, 265.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0494 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.125 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3339, 28.5567, 69.7564)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4997D9 #D98B49

analogous

#49D9D3 #4997D9 #494FD9

triadic

#4997D9 #D94997 #97D949

tetradic

#4997D9 #D349D9 #D98B49 #4FD949

square

#4997D9 #D349D9 #D98B49 #4FD949

split-complementary

#4997D9 #D9494F #D9D349

monochromatic

#1D588B #2879BD #4997D9 #7CB4E4 #AED1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4997D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4997D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4997D9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4997D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4997D9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A99DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4997d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5e5',
    500: '#4997d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4997d9;
$custom-light: #8ab5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4997d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65634,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4997D9

secondary

#DCBCA2

accent

#8D3FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4997D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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